Senior Network Engineer: Lead, Resilience & Automation

DWP Digital; Leeds; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

DWP Digital is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to lead a team of Infrastructure engineers, driving the design and delivery of scalable infrastructure services in line with the department’s strategy.

The role focuses on operational stability, resilience, and service quality across the network, with emphasis on collaboration with Architecture and Engineering colleagues and external partners. Occasional out-of-hours work may be required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Infrastructure engineers team to design and deliver infrastructure services aligned with IT strategy.
• Communicate effectively across support, engineering, business users and suppliers.
• Manage implementation of complex technical solutions, risks and dependencies, driving successful delivery.
• Design and manage VXLAN overlays for scalable datacentre networking.

Job description

DWP Digital is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to lead a team of Infrastructure engineers, driving the design and delivery of scalable infrastructure services in line with the department’s strategy.

The role focuses on operational stability, resilience, and service quality across the network, with emphasis on collaboration with Architecture and Engineering colleagues and external partners. Occasional out-of-hours work may be required.